Just SecurityA Forum on Law, Rights, and U.S. National Security2015-03-03T16:08:30Zhttp://justsecurity.org/feed/atom/WordPressJayne Huckerbyhttp://justsecurity.org/?p=206202015-03-03T14:31:18Z2015-03-03T14:04:44ZJayne HuckerbyThe role of gender in violent extremism and countering violent extremism (CVE) has long been overlooked, despite being symptomatic of many of the human rights dilemmas CVE efforts face and pose. As a result, CVE practice as well its critics, largely discount three inter-related phenomena: gender dynamics in violent extremism, women’s roles in CVE initiatives, and how both violent extremism and CVE differently impact women and girls versus men and boys.
Most recently, the spectre of young Western women flocking to join ISIS has caused an upswing in attention to the first of these areas. Read on Just Security »]]>Jayne HuckerbyThe role of gender in violent extremism and countering violent extremism (CVE) has long been overlooked, despite being symptomatic of many of the human rights dilemmas CVE efforts face and pose. As a result, CVE practice as well its critics, largely discount three inter-related phenomena: gender dynamics in violent extremism, women’s roles in CVE initiatives, and how both violent extremism and CVE differently impact women and girls versus men and boys.
Most recently, the spectre of young Western women flocking to join ISIS has caused an upswing in attention to the first of these areas. Read on Just Security »]]>0Ruchi Parekhhttp://justsecurity.org/?p=206132015-03-03T12:28:58Z2015-03-03T13:00:08ZRuchi ParekhBefore the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
IRAQ and SYRIAIran played a critical role in the Iraqi military’s offensive to retake Tikrit from ISIS that began yesterday, contributing drones, heavy weaponry and ground forces to the operation while U.S. forces remained on the sidelines. [Read on Just Security »]]>Ruchi ParekhBefore the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
IRAQ and SYRIAIran played a critical role in the Iraqi military’s offensive to retake Tikrit from ISIS that began yesterday, contributing drones, heavy weaponry and ground forces to the operation while U.S. forces remained on the sidelines. [Read on Just Security »]]>0Megan Grahamhttp://justsecurity.org/?p=205162015-03-03T04:13:52Z2015-03-02T17:00:00ZMegan GrahamBelow is a calendar of Congressional hearings on national security matters for this week.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
9:00am – House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Defense – Budget Hearing: United States Africa Command – closed meeting (here)
10:00am – House Armed Services – The President’s Proposed Authorization for the Use of Military Force against ISIL and US Policy, Strategy, and Posture in the Greater Middle East (Read on Just Security »]]>Megan GrahamBelow is a calendar of Congressional hearings on national security matters for this week.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
9:00am – House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Defense – Budget Hearing: United States Africa Command – closed meeting (here)
10:00am – House Armed Services – The President’s Proposed Authorization for the Use of Military Force against ISIL and US Policy, Strategy, and Posture in the Greater Middle East (Read on Just Security »]]>0David Colehttp://justsecurity.org/?p=205532015-03-03T03:29:26Z2015-03-02T14:30:11ZDavid ColeAn alleged CIA prison near Kabul, Afghanistan. Image credit: Trevor Paglen via Wikimedia Commons.
Last week, I wrote, both here and in the Read on Just Security »]]>David ColeAn alleged CIA prison near Kabul, Afghanistan. Image credit: Trevor Paglen via Wikimedia Commons.
Last week, I wrote, both here and in the Read on Just Security »]]>0Jennifer Daskalhttp://justsecurity.org/?p=205462015-03-03T02:37:46Z2015-03-02T14:00:51ZJennifer Daskal

A real consensus is developing on the contours of an appropriate AUMF—at least among academics and other commentators. It wasn’t always this way. For months, we, among many others, argued (quite vociferously at times) on what an AUMF to fight al Qaeda and other associated armed groups ought to look like. But the rise of ISIL has greatly

A real consensus is developing on the contours of an appropriate AUMF—at least among academics and other commentators. It wasn’t always this way. For months, we, among many others, argued (quite vociferously at times) on what an AUMF to fight al Qaeda and other associated armed groups ought to look like. But the rise of ISIL has greatly

Read on Just Security »]]>0Harold Hongju Kohhttp://justsecurity.org/?p=205702015-03-02T20:31:39Z2015-03-02T13:01:54ZHarold Hongju KohThis post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks ahead to key developments on the horizon. It is based on remarks delivered by Professor Koh at the Future of War Conference in Washington, D.C. on February 24, 2015, co-sponsored by the New America Foundation and Arizona State University.
Whatever our differences regarding the future of war, we should Read on Just Security »]]>Harold Hongju KohThis post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks ahead to key developments on the horizon. It is based on remarks delivered by Professor Koh at the Future of War Conference in Washington, D.C. on February 24, 2015, co-sponsored by the New America Foundation and Arizona State University.
Whatever our differences regarding the future of war, we should Read on Just Security »]]>0Ruchi Parekhhttp://justsecurity.org/?p=205862015-03-03T12:36:43Z2015-03-02T13:00:04ZRuchi ParekhBefore the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
IRAQ and SYRIAIraq has launched an offensive against the Islamic State aimed at recapturing Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit in Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad. Iraqi troops and Shi’ite militiamen are reported to be advancing into the city, backed by airstrikes, though this has not been confirmed. [Read on Just Security »]]>Ruchi ParekhBefore the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
IRAQ and SYRIAIraq has launched an offensive against the Islamic State aimed at recapturing Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit in Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad. Iraqi troops and Shi’ite militiamen are reported to be advancing into the city, backed by airstrikes, though this has not been confirmed. [Read on Just Security »]]>0Marty Ledermanhttp://justsecurity.org/?p=204852015-03-02T13:05:18Z2015-02-28T13:05:30ZMarty LedermanAt year's end, I examined here the possible legal significance of the President's declaration on December 28 that "our combat mission in Afghanistan is ending, and the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion." I suggested that this "longest war" was in fact two wars, or armed conflicts--one against al Qaeda and the other against the Taliban--and that it might well be that the United States has now largely, perhaps entirely, ended all armed-conflict-specific operations against Read on Just Security »]]>Marty LedermanAt year's end, I examined here the possible legal significance of the President's declaration on December 28 that "our combat mission in Afghanistan is ending, and the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion." I suggested that this "longest war" was in fact two wars, or armed conflicts--one against al Qaeda and the other against the Taliban--and that it might well be that the United States has now largely, perhaps entirely, ended all armed-conflict-specific operations against Read on Just Security »]]>0Megan Grahamhttp://justsecurity.org/?p=205122015-02-28T12:40:23Z2015-02-28T13:00:31ZMegan GrahamI. Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against the Islamic State
Just Security, Just Security Q&A with Rep. Adam Schiff on ISIL AUMF (Friday, Feb. 27)
Nathalie Weizmann, Guest Post: Associated Forces and Co-belligerency (Tuesday, Feb. 24)
II. Surveillance & Privacy
John Reed, Read on Just Security »]]>Megan GrahamI. Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against the Islamic State
Just Security, Just Security Q&A with Rep. Adam Schiff on ISIL AUMF (Friday, Feb. 27)
Nathalie Weizmann, Guest Post: Associated Forces and Co-belligerency (Tuesday, Feb. 24)
II. Surveillance & Privacy
John Reed, Read on Just Security »]]>0Phil Hirschkornhttp://justsecurity.org/?p=205042015-03-01T18:31:08Z2015-02-27T20:10:49ZPhil HirschkornKhaled Abdul Rahman Hamad al-Fawwaz was stoic as his fate was announced, staring straight ahead, unflinching, his face blank, wearing the same white Islamic kufi on his head and white khaftan, or tunic, he had worn in court since jury selection began five weeks earlier. A jury of eight men and four women from Manhattan, Westchester County, and the Bronx reached a verdict in the latest smooth al-Qaeda trial in federal court. Al-Fawwaz, a gray-bearded 52-year-old Saudi national born in Kuwait, stood accused of four terrorism conspiracies that killed Americans in the 1990s, most notably the 1998 Read on Just Security »]]>Phil HirschkornKhaled Abdul Rahman Hamad al-Fawwaz was stoic as his fate was announced, staring straight ahead, unflinching, his face blank, wearing the same white Islamic kufi on his head and white khaftan, or tunic, he had worn in court since jury selection began five weeks earlier. A jury of eight men and four women from Manhattan, Westchester County, and the Bronx reached a verdict in the latest smooth al-Qaeda trial in federal court. Al-Fawwaz, a gray-bearded 52-year-old Saudi national born in Kuwait, stood accused of four terrorism conspiracies that killed Americans in the 1990s, most notably the 1998 Read on Just Security »]]>0